The Book of the Prophet Isaiah

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1

Ho Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! add ye year to year;
let the feasts come round:

2

then will I distress Ariel, and there shall be mourning and
lamentation; and she shall be unto me as Ariel.

3

And I will encamp against thee round about, and will lay siege against
thee with posted troops, and I will raise siege works against thee.

4

And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and
thy speech shall be low out of the dust; and thy voice shall be as of one
that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall
whisper out of the dust.

5

But the multitude of thy foes shall be like small dust, and the
multitude of the terrible ones as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall
be in an instant suddenly.

6

She shall be visited of YAHUVEH of hosts with thunder, and with
earthquake, and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of
a devouring fire.

7

And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all
that fight against her and her stronghold, and that distress her, shall be
as a dream, a vision of the night.

8

And it shall be as when a hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth;
but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth,
and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and
his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that
fight against mount Zion.

9

Tarry ye and wonder; take your pleasure and be blind: they are drunken,
but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

10

For YAHUVEH hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath
closed your eyes, the prophets; and your heads, the seers, hath he
covered.

11

And all vision is become unto you as the words of a book that is
sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I
pray thee; and he saith, I cannot, for it is sealed:

12

and the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read
this, I pray thee; and he saith, I am not learned.

13

And the Master said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh unto me,
and with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but have removed
their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men
which hath been taught them;

14

therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this
people, even a marvellous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise
men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

15

Woe unto them that hide deep their counsel from YAHUVEH, and whose works
are in the dark, and that say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

16

Ye turn things upside down! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that
the thing made should say of him that made it, He made me not; or the
thing formed say of him that formed it, He hath no understanding?

17

Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a
fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?

18

And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes
of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness.

19

The meek also shall increase their joy in YAHUVEH, and the poor among
men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

20

For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scoffer ceaseth, and
all they that watch for iniquity are cut off;

21

that make a man an offender in his cause, and lay a snare for
him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of
nought.

22

Therefore thus saith YAHUVEH, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house
of Jacob: Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax
pale.

23

But when he seeth his children, the work of my hands, in the midst of
him, they shall sanctify my name; yea, they shall sanctify the Holy One of
Jacob, and shall stand in awe of the YAHUVEH of Israel.

24

They also that err in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that
murmur shall receive instruction.